Liziya section, Lopingian bed 20 (Permian of China)

Where: Sichuan, China (30.2° N, 106.8° E: paleocoordinates 9.1° N, 93.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Changxing Formation, Changhsingian (254.2 - 252.2 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, gray, cherty/siliceous limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: China University of Mining Technology, Xuzhou (possibly now at NIGPAS)

Primary reference: Y. Zeng, X. L. He, and M. L. Zhu. 1995. Permian Brachiopods and Community Succession in the Huayin Mountains, Sichuan 1-187 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 156816: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 01.06.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Strophomenata
 Productida -
 Productida - Lyttoniidae
"Leptodus tenuis" = Eolyttonia tenuis
"Leptodus tenuis" = Eolyttonia tenuis Waagen 1883
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferida - Elythidae
Squamularia sp. Gemmellaro 1899
 Spiriferida - Choristitidae
"Semibrachythyrina sp." = Alphaneospirifer
"Semibrachythyrina sp." = Alphaneospirifer Gatinaud 1949
 Spiriferida - Ambocoeliidae
"Crurithyris speciosa" = Speciothyris speciosa
"Crurithyris speciosa" = Speciothyris speciosa Wang 1955
 Spiriferida - Martiniidae
Martinia sp. M'Coy 1844
 Athyridida - Athyrididae
Araxathyris sp. Grunt 1965
 Spiriferinida - Spiriferellinidae
 Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae
 Terebratulida - Notothyrididae
Notothyris warthi Waagen 1882
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Dielasma sp. King 1856